Sometimes when out on a long trek,a SMALL sewing kit can come in handy. Cotton thread tends to unwrap itself and become a tangled-up mess. One way to solve this is to spool it around a candle stub. As long as the loose end is slipped under the last turn, the wax will keep the thread from coming undone.

[quote="Jason"]Sometimes when out on a long trek,a SMALL sewing kit can come in handy. Cotton thread tends to unwrap itself and become a tangled-up mess. One way to solve this is to spool it around a candle stub. As long as the loose end is slipped under the last turn, the wax will keep the thread from coming undone.